Marvel Legends Action Figures: Iron Man (Original Armor) and Psylocke

The first, and main, complaint I have about the Iron Man is that the face mask won't stay on. Doesn't matter what you do, it falls off. Considering that at the time Tony wore this version of the armor, he actually had a well-guarded secret identity, this isn't good.

Apart from that, it's a delightful figure! It's the original version of Iron Man's armor, the grey one. (I believe the variant for this toy was the same armor painted gold.) It's not extremely articulated, as you'd expect given the clunky design (although I think it's possible that the toy is more articulated than the actual armor was!) It looks great.

And it's playable! It sits down, easily. It stands up, effortlessly! The head does not turn but it does go up and down. It has better arm and leg movement than any of the other IM figures I've seen. Awesome.

As for Psylocke, we were surprisingly pleased with her as well. She's probably the sturdiest female figure I've seen come out of the Marvel Legends line. She's slender of course, but not scrawny. The costume--well, you've all seen Psylocke's costume, and honestly--despite the vast amounts of bare flesh--the figure actually wears a more modest version of it than 2D Psylocke usually does. (I suspect that the belt is where it is--covering a large part of the front--because of this.)

Her playability is also excellent, particularly when compared with a lot of the other female figures. She can stand, for gosh sake! Marvel Legends women can never stand! And when I say "stand," I mean that she poses easily in combat positions and doesn't fall down at the slightest breeze. She can sit, of course. Very good arm and leg articulation; the fingers are not articulated, although this is not an issue for me--but neither are the feet, and I do like that bendable toe when you get it, so that's a point against her. Finally, the hair--this is the only figure I've seen in which long hair does not significantly restrict head movement. And it looks good.

If I graded these figures (and it's really too late to start now), I'd give Psylocke an A, Iron Man an A- (solely because of the face mask problem).